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Alaska

Alaska Innocence Project P.O. Box 201656 Anchorage, AK 99520

Phone: 907-279-0454 Email: info@alaskainnocence.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Alaska
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
• Will consider Child Abuse Cases
• Clients must have two or more years left to serve on sentence

Arizona

Arizona Justice Project c/o Arizona State University Mail code 4420 411 North Central Avenue, Suite 600 Phoenix, AZ 85004

Phone: 602-496-0286 Email: info@azjusticeproject.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cannot currently be represented or be entitled to representation
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
• Child Sex Abuse Cases
• Must have been convicted of a crime in the state of Arizona or, if federal, the incident occurred in Arizona
• Minimum 3-5 years left on sentence

Wrongful Conviction Clinic at University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law

Phone: 520-626-5232

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Arizona
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson Cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
• Child Abuse Cases
• No sentence requirements

Arkansas

Midwest Innocence Project 605 West 47th Street Suite 222 Kansas City, MO 64112

Phone: 816-221-2166 Email: office@themip.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson Cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases
• 7 or more years left to serve

California

California Innocence Project California Western School of Law 225 Cedar Street San Diego, CA 92101

Phone: 619-525-1485 Fax: 619-615-1443

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Southern California: Imperial County, Kern County, Los Angeles County,Orange County, Riverside County, San Bernardino County, San Diego  County, San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County, and Ventura County
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Two or more years left to serve on sentence
• Arson Cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
• Child Sex Abuse Cases

Loyola Law School Project for the Innocent Loyola Law School 919 Albany Street Los Angeles, California 90015

Phone: 213-736-8141

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence by inmates in California state prisons who have been sentenced to lengthy prison terms or life without the possibility of parole, including gang related-offenses
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• No sentence requirements

Northern California Innocence Project

500 El Camino Real Santa Clara, CA 95053 Phone: 408-554-4790 Fax: 408- 554-5440 Email: ncip@scu.edu

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in the 48 Northern and Central California counties from Monterey, Kings, Tulare and Inyo County up to the Oregon border
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome, Arson and Child Sex Abuse Cases
• No minimum sentence requirements

Colorado

Korey Wise Innocence Project University of Colorado Law School Clinical Education Wolf Law Building: 404 UCB Boulder, Colorado 80309-0404

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Colorado
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• 10 or more years left to serve on sentence
• Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Exoneration Project Loevy & Loevy 2060 Broadway, Ste. 460 Boulder, CO 80302

Cases Accepted:

• All cases of actual innocence nationwide, with a focus in the Midwest and Rocky Mountain West
• Only accepts online applications (http://apply.exonerationproject.org/)

Innocence Project 40 Worth St., Suite 701 New York, NY 10013

Phone: 212-364-5340 Fax: 212-364-5341

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in the United States
• Currently not reviewing cases from: Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Washington, and Wisconsin.
• DNA cases only
• No sentence requirements

Connecticut

Connecticut Innocence Project/Post-conviction Unit 2275 Silas Deane Highway Rocky Hill, CT 06067

Phone: 860-258-4940

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Connecticut
• Non-DNA Cases
• Arson Cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases
• 10 or more years left on sentence

New England Innocence Project 120 Tremont Street, Ste. 735 Boston, MA 02108

Phone: 617-830-7685 Email: intake@newenglandinnocence.org

Cases Accepted:

• We review, investigate, and accept cases in which someone was convicted (by trial or plea) of a crime in one of the six New England states (Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut) and is asserting their innocence of that crime.
• We have no sentence or incarceration requirements and we accept cases even if DNA is unavailable to demonstrate innocence.

Delaware

Innocence Project 40 Worth St., Suite 701 New York, NY 10013

Phone: 212-364-5340 Fax: 212-364-5341

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in the United States
• Currently not reviewing cases from: Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Washington, and Wisconsin.
• DNA cases only
• No sentence requirements

District of Columbia

Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project The George Washington University School of Law 2000 H Street NW Washington, DC 20052

Phone: 202-994-4586

Email: cfiscella@exonerate.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
• May consider Child Abuse Cases
• No sentence requirements

Florida

Innocence Project of Florida 1100 East Park Avenue Tallahassee, FL 32301

Phone: 850-561-6767 Fax: 850-561-5077

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Florida
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
• No sentence requirements
• Child Sex Abuse cases

University of Miami Law Innocence Clinic 1311 Miller Drive Suite A312 Coral Gables, FL 33146

Phone: 305-284-8115 Email: umwrongfulconvictions@gmail.com

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Florida
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
• 10 or more years left to serve on sentence
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Georgia

Georgia Innocence Project

Phone: 404-373-4433

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Georgia
• Mostly DNA cases
• 5 or more years remaining on sentence, or on Georgia sex offender registry

Hawai’i

Hawai’i Innocence Project University of Hawai’i School of Law 2515 Dole Street Honolulu, HI 96822

Phone: 808-956-6547

Fax: 808-956-5569

Email: contacthip@hawaiiinnocenceproject.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Hawaii
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
• No sentence requirements
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Idaho

Idaho Innocence Project Mail Stop 1515

Boise State University 1910 University Drive Boise, ID 83725

Phone: 208-426-4207 Fax: 208-426-1040

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Idaho and eastern Oregon
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• Five or more years left on sentence
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases

Indiana

Indiana University McKinney Wrongful Conviction Clinic Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law Wrongful Conviction Clinic – Suite 111 530 West New York Street Indianapolis, IN 46202

Phone: 317-274-5551

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Indiana
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson cases
• No sentence requirements

Iowa

Midwest Innocence Project 605 West 47th Street Suite 222 Kansas City, MO 64112

Phone: 816-221-2166 Email: office@themip.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson Cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases
• 7 or more years left to serve

Kansas

Midwest Innocence Project 3619 Broadway Blvd., #2 Kansas City, MO 64111

Phone: 816-931-4929 Email: tbushnell@themip.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson Cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases
• 7 or more years left to serve

Kentucky

Kentucky Innocence Project Department of Public Advocacy 5 Mill Creek Park Frankfort, KY 40601

Phone: 502-564-3948

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Kentucky
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
• No sentence requirements
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Louisiana

Innocence Project New Orleans 4051 Ulloa Street New Orleans, LA 70119

Phone: 504-943-1902 Fax: 504-943-1905

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Louisiana and South Mississippi
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• 5 or more years left to serve on sentence

Maine

Boston College Innocence Program 885 Centre Street Newton, MA 02458 Phone: 617-552-0236

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in MA (clinic with CPCS Innocence Program) and New England (MA, NH, RI, ME; externship program with CPCS Innocence Program & New England Innocence Project)
• DNA
• Non-DNA
• Arson
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Child Abuse
• No sentence requirements

New England Innocence Project 120 Tremont Street, Ste. 735 Boston, MA 02108

Phone: 617-830-7685 Email: intake@newenglandinnocence.org

Cases Accepted:

• We review, investigate, and accept cases in which someone was convicted (by trial or plea) of a crime in one of the six New England states (Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut) and is asserting their innocence of that crime.
• We have no sentence or incarceration requirements and we accept cases even if DNA is unavailable to demonstrate innocence.

Maryland

University of Baltimore Innocence Project Clinic 1420 N. Charles Street Baltimore, MD 21201

Phone: 410-837-6543 Fax: 410-837-4776

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Maryland
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• No sentence requirements

Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project The George Washington University School of Law 2000 H Street NW Washington, DC 20052

Phone: 202-994-4586

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
• No sentence requirements
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
• May consider Child Abuse Cases

Massachusetts

Boston College Innocence Program 885 Centre Street Newton, MA 02458 Phone: 617-552-0236

Cases Accepted: 

• Cases of actual innocence in MA, including as co-counsel with CPCS Innocence Program, New England Innocence Project and CPCS appointed private counsel.
• DNA
• Non-DNA
• Arson
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Child Abuse
• No sentence requirements

Committee for Public Counsel Services Innocence Program 21 McGrath Highway Somerville, MA 02143

Phone: 617-209-5666 Fax: 617-623-0936

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Massachusetts
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

New England Innocence Project 120 Tremont Street, Ste. 735 Boston, MA 02108

Phone: 617-830-7685 Email: intake@newenglandinnocence.org

Cases Accepted

• We review, investigate, and accept cases in which someone was convicted (by trial or plea) of a crime in one of the six New England states (Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut) and is asserting their innocence of that crime.
• We have no sentence or incarceration requirements and we accept cases even if DNA is unavailable to demonstrate innocence.

Michigan

Western Michigan University Cooley Law School Innocence Project 300 S. Capitol Ave Lansing, MI 48933

Phone:  517-334-5764

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Michigan
• DNA cases only
• No sentence requirements

Michigan Innocence Clinic 701 South State Street Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Phone: 734-763-9353 Fax: 734-764-8242

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Michigan
• Primarily Non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome cases

Michigan State Appellate Defender Office – Rape Kit DNA Screening Unit 645 Griswold Street Suite 3300 Penobscot Detroit, MI 48226 USA

Phone:  313-256-9833

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Michigan
• DNA cases
• Child Sex Abuse Cases
• No sentence requirements

Minnesota

Innocence Project of Minnesota

Phone: 612-624-4779

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota
• DNA and non-DNA cases

Mississippi

George C. Cochran Mississippi Innocence Project University of Mississippi School of Law P.O. Box 1848 University, MS 38677

Phone: 662-915-5207

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Mississippi and Northern Louisiana
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Child Sex Abuse cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Arson cases

Innocence Project New Orleans 4051 Ulloa Street New Orleans, LA 70119

Phone: 504-943-1902 Fax: 504-943-1905

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Louisiana and South Mississippi
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• 5 or more years left to serve

Missouri

Midwest Innocence Project 3619 Broadway Blvd., #2 Kansas City, MO 64111

Phone: 816-221-2166 Email: office@themip.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson Cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases
• 7 or more years left to serve

Montana

Montana Innocence Project P.O. Box 7607 Missoula, MT 59807

Phone: 406-243-6698

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Montana
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Nebraska

Midwest Innocence Project 3619 Broadway Blvd., #2 Kansas City, MO 64111

Phone: 816-221-2166 Email: office@themip.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Iowa and Nebraska
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson Cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases
• 7 or more years left to serve

Nevada

Rocky Mountain Innocence Center 358 South 700 East, B235 Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Phone: 801-355-1888

Email: contact@rminnocence.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Nevada, Wyoming or Utah
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• Seven and a half or more years left to serve on sentence
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

New Hampshire

Boston College Innocence Program 885 Centre Street Newton, MA 02458 Phone: 617-552-0236

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in MA (clinic with CPCS Innocence Program) and New England (MA, NH, RI, ME; externship program with CPCS Innocence Program & New England Innocence Project)
• DNA
• Non-DNA
• Arson
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Child Abuse
• No sentence requirements

New England Innocence Project 120 Tremont Street, Ste. 735 Boston, MA 02108

Phone: 617-830-7685 Email: intake@newenglandinnocence.org

Cases Accepted:

• We review, investigate, and accept cases in which someone was convicted (by trial or plea) of a crime in one of the six New England states (Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut) and is asserting their innocence of that crime.
• We have no sentence or incarceration requirements and we accept cases even if DNA is unavailable to demonstrate innocence.

New Mexico

Innocence and Justice Project at the University of New Mexico School of Law 1117 Stanford NE MSC 11 6070 1 University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM 87131

Phone: 505-277-2146 Fax: 505-277-1043

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in New Mexico
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

New York

Innocence Project 40 Worth St., Suite 701 New York, NY 10013

Phone: 212-364-5340 Fax: 212-364-5341

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in the United States
• Currently not reviewing cases from: Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Washington, and Wisconsin.
• DNA cases only
• No sentence requirements

New York Law School Post-Conviction Innocence Clinic New York Law School 185 West Broadway New York, NY 10013

Phone: 212-431-2813

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in New York
• Non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases

Reinvestigation Project Office of the Appellate Defender 11 Park Place, Suite 1601 New York, NY 10007

Phone: 212-402-4100 Fax: 212-402-4199

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in New York where client is assigned to OAD on appeal
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases
• No sentence requirements

Exoneration Initiative

233 Broadway, Suite 2370 New York, NY 10279

Phone: 212-965-9335 Fax: 212-965-9375

Email: info@exonerationinitiative.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in New York
• Non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements

North Carolina

Duke Center for Criminal Justice and Professional Responsibility Duke Law School 210 Science Drive Box 90360 Durham, NC 27708

Phone: 919-613-7263 Fax: 919-613-7262

Email: ccjpr@law.duke.edu

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in North Carolina
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• Three or more years left to serve on sentence
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

North Carolina Center on Actual Innocence P.O. Box 52446 Shannon Plaza Station Durham, NC 27717-2446

Phone: 919-489-3268 Fax: 919-489-3285

Email: admin@nccai.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in North Carolina
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• Will consider arson and shaken baby syndrome cases, and may consider child sex abuse cases
• No minimum sentence requirements

Wake Forest University Law School Innocence and Justice Clinic P.O. Box 7206 Winston-Salem, NC 27109

Phone: 336-758-6111 Fax: 336-758-2231

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in North Carolina
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

North Dakota

Innocence Project of Minnesota 229 19th Ave S

Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-4779

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota
• DNA and non-DNA cases

Ohio

Ohio Innocence Project University of Cincinnati College of Law P.O. Box 210040

Clifton Avenue & Calhoun Street Cincinnati, OH 45221-0020

Phone: 513-556-0752

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Ohio
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Office of the Ohio Public Defender, Wrongful Conviction Project 250 East Broad Street Suite 1400 Columbus, OH 43215

Phone: 614-466-5394

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Ohio
• Non-DNA cases
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases
• All other claims of actual innocence
• No minimum sentence requirements

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Innocence Project 800 N. Harvey Ave. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73102

Phone: 405-208-6161

Email:innocence@okcu.edu

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Oklahoma
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases
• Minimum 8 to 10 years left to serve

Oregon

Oregon Innocence Project Oregon Justice Resource Center P.O. Box 5248 Portland, Oregon 97208

Phone: 503-944-2270

Cases Accepted:

• DNA cases
• Non-DNA cases
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases
• No sentence requirements
• Cases of actual innocence in Oregon

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Innocence Project 1515 Market Street, Suite 300 Philadelphia, PA 19102

Phone: 215-204-4255

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Pennsylvania
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• Will consider arson, shaken baby syndrome, and child sex abuse cases
• Minimum 7 years left to serve (but can be waived)

Witness to Innocence 1501 Cherry Street Philadelphia, PA 19102

Phone: 267-519-4584

Services Provided:

• National membership organization of death row survivors
• Advocacy and public education to end the death penalty; provides peer support for death row exonerees

Puerto Rico

Justicia Reinvindicada – Puerto Rico Innocence Project

Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico Law School PO Box 70351 San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936-8351

Phone: 787-945-7000

Fax: 787-771-9613

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Puerto Rico
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements

Rhode Island

Boston College Innocence Program 885 Centre Street Newton, MA 02458 Phone: 617-552-0236

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in MA (clinic with CPCS Innocence Program) and New England (MA, NH, RI, ME; externship program with CPCS Innocence Program & New England Innocence Project)
• DNA
• Non-DNA
• Arson
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Child Abuse
• No sentence requirements

New England Innocence Project 120 Tremont Street, Ste. 735 Boston, MA 02108

Phone: 617-830-7685 Email: intake@newenglandinnocence.org

Cases Accepted:

• We review, investigate, and accept cases in which someone was convicted (by trial or plea) of a crime in one of the six New England states (Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut) and is asserting their innocence of that crime.
• We have no sentence or incarceration requirements and we accept cases even if DNA is unavailable to demonstrate innocence.

South Carolina

Innocence Project 40 Worth St., Suite 701 New York, NY 10013

Phone: 212-364-5340 Fax: 212-364-5341

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in the United States
• Currently not reviewing cases from: Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Washington, and Wisconsin.
• DNA cases only
• No sentence requirements

South Dakota

Innocence Project of Minnesota

229 19th Ave S

Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: 612-624-4779

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota
• DNA and non-DNA cases

Tennessee

Innocence Project 40 Worth St., Suite 701 New York, NY 10013

Phone: 212-364-5340 Fax: 212-364-5341

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in the United States
• Currently not reviewing cases from: Arizona, California, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Washington, and Wisconsin.
• DNA cases only
• No sentence requirements

Texas

Innocence Project of Texas

Innocence Clinic 

Texas Tech University of Law 

3311 18th Street 

Lubbock, TX 79409

Phone: 806-742-3990 Fax: 806-775-7954

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Texas
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Actual Innocence Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law 727 East Dean Keeton Street Austin, TX 78705

Phone: (512) 471-1317

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Texas
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Arson cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Thurgood Marshall School of Law Innocence Project Earl Carl Institute 3100 Cleburne Street Houston, TX 77004

Phone: 713-313-1139

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Texas
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Utah

Rocky Mountain Innocence Center 358 South 700 East, B235 Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Phone: 801-355-1888

Email: contact@rminnocence.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Nevada, Wyoming or Utah
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• Seven and a half or more years left to serve on sentence
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Vermont

New England Innocence Project 120 Tremont Street, Ste. 735 Boston, MA 02108

Phone: 617-830-7685 Email: intake@newenglandinnocence.org

Cases Accepted:

• We review, investigate, and accept cases in which someone was convicted (by trial or plea) of a crime in one of the six New England states (Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Maine, New Hampshire, and Connecticut) and is asserting their innocence of that crime.
• We have no sentence or incarceration requirements and we accept cases even if DNA is unavailable to demonstrate innocence.

Virginia

Innocence Project at UVA School of Law 580 Massie Rd. Charlottesville, VA 22903

Clinic Phone: 434-924-3732

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Virginia
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Mid-Atlantic Innocence Project The George Washington University School of Law 2000 H Street NW Washington, DC 20052

Phone: 202-994-4586

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia
• No sentence requirements
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome Cases
• May consider Child Abuse Cases

Washington

West Virginia

West Virginia Innocence Project West Virginia University College of Law P.O. Box 6130 Morgantown, WV 26506

Phone: 304-293-7249

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in West Virginia
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• Will consider Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• No sentence requirements

Wisconsin

Wisconsin Innocence Project University of Wisconsin Law School 975 Bascom Mall Madison, WI 53706-1399

Phone: 608-262-1002 Fax: 608-263-3380

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Wisconsin (will look at cases from neighboring states, or beyond in exceptional circumstances)
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• Will look at Arson and Shaken Baby Syndrome cases, and may consider Child Sex Abuse cases
• Minimum seven years left to serve

Wyoming

Rocky Mountain Innocence Center 358 South 700 East, B235 Salt Lake City, UT 84102

Phone: 801-355-1888

Email: contact@rminnocence.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Nevada, Wyoming or Utah
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• Seven and a half or more years left to serve on sentence
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Argentina

Innocence Project Argentina GENERAL LAS HERAS 2262, FLORIDA, VICENTE LOPEZ, PROVINCIA DE BUENOS AIRES, REPÚBLICA ARGENTINA B1602DWP

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Argentina
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• Minimum of five years left on sentence

Australia

Griffith University Innocence Project Griffith Law School Gold Coast Campus Griffith University Queensland, Australia 4222

Phone: +61-7-555-27060

Email: innocence-project@griffith.edu.au

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Australia
• DNA cases
• Non-DNA cases in exceptional circumstances

Brazil

Innocence Project Brazil

Avenida Paulista, 2073, Horsa I, Room 2215 São Paulo – SP Brazil 01311-300

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Brazil
• DNA, non-DNA, and child abuse cases
• Minimum of five years left on sentence

Canada

Osgoode Hall Innocence Project Osgoode Hall Law School at York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto, Ontario M3J 1P3 Canada

Phone: (416) 736-5174

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Canada
• No sentence requirements
• DNA and Non-DNA Cases
• Arson Cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

University of British Columbia Innocence Project at the Allard School of Law 1822 East Mall Vancouver, B.C. V6T-1Z1 Canada

Phone: 604-827-3616

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in British Columbia (Canada)
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Ireland

Irish Innocence Project at Griffith College

The Law School Griffith College Dublin, South Circular Road, Dublin 8 Ireland

Phone: 353-1-416-3326

Cases Accepted:

• cases of actual innocence in the Republic of Ireland
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Israel

The Israeli Public Defender 4 Henrietta Sold Street Tel-Aviv, 61332 Israel

Phone: 972-3-693-2609 Fax: 972-3-693-2617

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Israel
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Italy

Italy Innocence Project c/o Prof. Luca Luparia Department of Law University of Rome III Via Ostiense 161 00154 Rome Italy

Phone: +39.3336096806

Email: info@italyinnocenceproject.org

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Italy
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

The Netherlands

Knoops’ Innocence Project Concertgebouwplein 25 1071 LM Amsterdam The Netherlands

Phone: +31(0)20-470-51-51

Email: office@knoops.info

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in the Netherlands (will accept cases from countries inside and outside of Europe as well)
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases
• Arson cases

New Zealand

Innocence Project New Zealand Department of Psychology, University of Otago PO Box 56 Dunedin 9054 New Zealand

Phone: +64 3 479-4002

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in New Zealand
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements
• Arson cases
• Shaken Baby Syndrome cases
• Child Sex Abuse cases

Taiwan

Taiwan Innocence Project

7F., No.165, Sec. 2 Xinhai Rd. Da’an Dist., Taipei City, 10663, Taiwan

Phone: +886-2-27374700

Email: twnafi@gmail.com

Cases Accepted:

• Cases of actual innocence in Taiwan
• DNA and non-DNA cases
• No sentence requirements

United Kingdom

Innocence Project London

 University of Greenwich School of Law Queen Mary Court Park Row London SE10 9LS United Kingdom

Phone: +447403213748

Website: https://www.gre.ac.uk/las/law-criminology/innocence-project 

Blog: https://blogs.gre.ac.uk/innocence-project-london/

Cases Accepted:

• DNA
• Non-DNA
• Arson
• Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Child Abuse
• Murder

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